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In Architects of Occupation, Dayna L. Barnes exposes the wartime origins of occupation policy and broader plans for postwar Japan. She considers the role of presidents, bureaucrats, think tanks, the media, and Congress in policymaking.
Dayna L. Barnes is Lecturer in Modern History at City, University of London.
"Architects of Occupation is a detailed, well-researched, and comprehensive analysis of the evolution of U.S. policy toward post-surrender Japan from various vantage points, namely those of the executive, the State Department as the key bureaucratic agency, think tanks, the media, and Congress. Dayna L. Barnes describes the environment in which American planning took place and explains how specific policies emerged from the diverse options available. Her portrayal of the 'porous divide' between officials and outside elites and her analysis of networks are particularly interesting. This book enriched my understanding of the process of policymaking not just in relation to domestic debates but also regarding the perspectives of U.S. allies in the region."
S. C. Hart, College of William and Mary:
"Barnes's excellent study examines the vast network that constructed policies for the US-led occupation of postwar Japan—from FDR's White House and bureaucratic agencies handling US foreign policy to State Department specialists, the War, Navy, and Treasury Departments, and the US Congress."
Mario Del Pero, author of The Eccentric Realist:
"Elegantly written, Architects of Occupation is essential reading for anyone interested in the role ideas play in foreign policymaking and the peculiarity of processes and histories that too often have been trivialized into universally reproducible 'lessons of the past.'"
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